diff --git a/configure b/configure
index b091b82cb3..b6962d1381 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -276,10 +276,10 @@ ld_has() {
     $ld --help 2>/dev/null | grep ".$1" >/dev/null 2>&1
 }
 
-# default parameters
-source_path=$(dirname "$0")
 # make source path absolute
-source_path=$(cd "$source_path"; pwd)
+source_path=$(cd "$(dirname -- "$0")"; pwd)
+
+# default parameters
 cpu=""
 iasl="iasl"
 interp_prefix="/usr/gnemul/qemu-%M"